A variation to the original, now there are 2 connections per round. 

Connections Mk2  #1

1.  Who played the navigator Lew Moran in the original 1965 version of the film “The flight of the Phoenix”? 

2.  Which word, beginning with “O” means “an extravagant or showy display of wealth, meant to impress”? 

3.  Which elusive member of the weasel family prefers a woodland habitat in the north, particularly Scotland 

4. What connects the winter of 1978/’79 with the first line of Shakespeare’s Richard III?

5. What connects the four answers above?

6.  Which expression, usually associated with a hangover, stems from an old-fashioned treatment for rabies?

7. Since the early 1900s, the use of dactyloscopy in law enforcement world-wide has led to a more successful prosecution of criminals, what is it? 

8.  Who was the drummer with the rock-band “Cream”?

9. In which mid-nineties TV series did Robbie Coltrane play Dr Edward Fitzgerald? 

10. What connects the four answers above? 

Connections Mk2 #2

1. Which ex-snooker player, now a TV commentator on the sport, was seven times World Champion and ranked No.1 eight times?

2. In which Irish county is the Devil’s Causeway? 

3. In 1983, singer Paul Weller teamed up with Mick Talbot to form which group? 

4. Blackpool’s Grand National is one of the only three of the world’s surviving wooden what?

5. What connects the four answers above?

6. In horse racing terms, how are the Derby, the Oaks, the 2,000 and 1,000 guineas and the St Leger collectively known?

7. Now retired, how is the US sportsman Earvin Johnson Jr better known? 

8. What name is given to pureed fruit or vegetables taken as a drink? 

9. To which commodity can these words apply - rolled, solid and leaf ?

10. What connects the four answers above?

Connections Mk2 #3

1. In the Zodiac, what is the sign for Cancer?

2. Which is the USA’s most populous city? 

3. Which symbol is linked to calculations of the circumference and diameter of a circle? 

4. Which national hero refused to bow to a ruling baron’s hat and had to perform a daring feat with his son to remain free?

5. What connects the four answers above?

6. Which word describes animals (and humans) that move around on two legs? 

7. Which English meal is often described as “full”?

8. What name is given to the total number of eggs laid in one nesting by a bird? 

9. In 1999, who appeared on film for the second time with Julia Roberts, playing the character Ike Graham in “Runaway Bride”? 

10. What connects the four answers above?

Connections Mk2 #4

1. Lee Childs and John Grisham are famous today as what - ? 

2. High, Side and Main can precede which word to make longer words?

3. In 1712, which boon to industry did Thomas Newcomen invent? 

4. Which word can be used to define a gentle current of air? 

5. What connects the four answers above?

6. What time is it in the famous western movie starring Gary Cooper? 

7. In his 1982 hit, Eddie Grant was going to rock down to – where?

8. The deltoid and rotator cuff muscles are all used to move which limb of the body? 

9. John Fogerty wrote and recorded which song used to open Live Aid in 1985?

10. What connects the four answers above?

Connections Mk2 #5

1. In the 12th century, Henry 1st fixed the length of what as the distance from his nose to the thumb of his outstretched arm? 

2. What general name is given to a cake made of stacked sheets of cake separated by filling? 

3. Which word means to hunt hares with greyhounds? 

4. The demolition of which infamous barrier began on 9th November 1989?

5. What connects the four answers above?

6. In 1950, the longest unbroken fence in the world was the No.1 fence in W.Australia, constructed to  control the spread of which creature?

7. What is normally used to open a safe or security lock?

8. According to the US showman PT Barnum, what is born every minute?

9. The Naval daily tradition of serving what ended on 31st July 1970?

10. What connects the four answers above?

Connections Mk2 #6

1. Musically, the word “pianoforte” translates as what? 

2. Which part of the body is affected by gingivitis? 

3. In the USA it’s a faucet, what do we call it?

4. An Appaloosa is a distinct US breed of which animal?

5. What connects the four answers above?  

6. What is the 2nd best-selling single record of all time?

7. In Paul Simon’s song, where were the singer and Julio?

8. In the 1964 smash hit, what did Millie Small call her boyfriend?

9. What were Nancy Sinatra’s boots made for?

10. What connects the four answers above?

Connections Mk2 #7

1. Which tourist attraction can you visit at Richmond on Thames?

2. In the UK, Trinity House was established to maintain and manage what?

3. In the US Yellowstone National Park, what is “Old Faithful”? 

4. What was the name of the British mining magnate after whom, in 1895, a Southern African colony was named? 

5. What connects all the four answers above?

6. With which ancient weapon do you associate Indiana Jones? 

7. Which 4 letter word with the same meaning can you add to the following – yearn, pine and ache?

8. Which single word means to gamble on a competitor, usually a horse?

9. In which position would the recipient of a Bronze medal finish? 

10. What connects all the four answers above?

Connections Mk2 #8

1. In the film “The Shawshank Redemption”, who was in the first pin-up picture Andy asked Red to get for him? 

2. Which actress gained notoriety when, in her role as Beth Jordache in Brookside, she shared the first pre-watershed lesbian kiss on UK TV?

3. Who starred as “Breathless Mahoney” in the 1990 Warren Beatty film “Dick Tracy”?

4. What is the name of the wife of the 44th US President?

5. What connects all four answers above? 

6. Which word describes a painful feeling of humiliation or distress from the awareness of wrong or foolish behaviour?

7. Which 3 letter word can be used to describe a succession, crocodile or line?

8. In the UK, what name is given to a district that is entitled to elect a representative to Parliament?

9. What were once known as “Love apples”?

10. What connects all four answers above? 

Connections Mk2 # 9 

1. What other name is given to the overhead bicycle kick in football? 

2. In Russia, what is a “troika”? 

3. Which one word can mean convoluted, contorted or convulsed? 

4. Which breed of hunting dog is so named because of the stance it takes when indicating where the game is? 

5. What connects all four answers above?

6. What was the title of Michael Jackson’s first UK top ten album?

7. Which famous name in transport made models such as Fat Boy, Bad Boy, Softtail Slim and Street Glide? 

8. Which 1969 film, starring Peter Fonda and Denis Hopper, the first “road-movie,” also featured Jack Nicholson in his first significant movie role? 

9.  In 1953, food writer Constance Spry and chef Rosemary Hume invented which popular cold food dish in honour of a famous event? 

10. What connects all four answers above? 

Connections Mk2 #10

1. Which group, with their “Tottenham Sound” knocked the Beatles off their first place in the charts in April 1964? 

2. One of the most successful film directors of the 1970s, which 92-year old’s last-but  one film was “Robin Hood, men in tights”?

3. In a famous novel by Harper Lee, set in 1930s Alabama, what is the name of Scout’s father?

4. Who did Eddie Redmayne play in the 2014 film “The theory of everything”? 

5. What connects all four answers above? 

6. In medical terms, triangular, spiral and tubular are methods of what? 

7. Which is the most sacred river in India? 

8. Who had a hit in 1984 with the theme song from the TV series “Robin of Sherwood”?

9. Which group had a UK hit in 1987 with “Don’t dream it’s over”?

10. What connects all four answers above?

Connections Mk2 #11

1. In the “Looney Tunes” cartoons, which character calls Bugs Bunny a “Wabbit”?

2. During his 4-month tour with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, who did Sitting Bull nickname “Little Sure Shot”?  

3. Who won an Oscar for his role as Idi Amin in the film “The last King of Scotland”? 

4. In the film “Four weddings and a funeral”, who played Father Gerald? 

5. What connects all four answers above? 

6. According to Norman Tebbit in his 1981 speech, what did his father use to help him search for work?

7. During 40 years wandering in the wilderness, according to the Bible the Jews received Manna from Heaven. What was Manna?

8. According to the saying, “The key to comedy is …..” what?

9. On a ship, what is weighed just prior to leaving port? 

10. What connects all four answers above?

Connections Mk2 #12

1. What job-title is given to a skilled worker who operates a lathe? 

2. What is David Bowie’s real surname?

3. Batman is nicknamed “The Dark…….what”? 

4. The target of both professional and amateur climbers, what nickname is given to any Scottish mountain over 3,000 feet high? 

5. What connects all four answers above?

6. All track events and the closing ceremony for the 2014 Commonwealth Games were held at which Scottish National Stadium? 

7. How was the 19th century military leader Arthur Wellesley better known?

8. The 1314 Battle of Bannockburn was fought just south of which Scottish city? 

9. In the 1961 film “The Birdman of Alcatraz”, who played the real-life Robert Stroud? 

10. What connects all four answers above?

Connections Mk2 #13

1. A “Kepi” is a type of what?

2. Complete the early description of cinema – “The Silver …”?  

3. In Scotland, which word can describe a large stream or small river? 

4. 186,000 miles/second is the speed of what?

5. What connects all the four answers above?

6. Jack Ketch and Albert Pierrepoint both held which job? 

7. Lord of the Flies and Moloch are alternative names for what?

8. In slang terms, what was a “Peeler”? 

9. Gharials, muggers and caimans are species of which creature? 

10. What connects all four answers above?

Connections Mk2 #14

1. According to Frank Sinatra’s hit song, love is “The Tender….” what?

2. On a tool used by hand, what is the more common name for the haft? 

3. Which old-fashioned word means old, advanced in years, no longer young? 

4. Which word means both benevolent and also a type or sort?

5. What connects all four answers above? 

6. Now a well-known session musician, Andy Fairweather-Lowe was the lead singer in the ‘60s pop group Amen……what?

7. Which weather condition consists of tiny water droplets that restrict visibility less than fog? 

8. Caviar is the posh name for which reproductive product of a sturgeon?

9. What name is given to a rich savoury liquid in which meat, fish or vegetables have been simmered for a short time? 

10. What connects all four answers above?

Connections Mk2 #15 

1. What is the proper name for a fox’s lair?

2. What can be under, over and level?

3. The Tierra del Fuego archipelago’s name literally translates as “Land of…..” what?

4. What does the final “A” in RADA stand for? 

5. What connects all four answers above? 

6. The translation of the Gaelic for whisky is “……. what of life”?

7. What type of “Girls” were recruited in vital rural occupations in WWII? 

8. We call it a “queue”, what is it called in the USA? 

9. What you would get if you divide a dollar by four

10. What connects all four answers above?

Connections Mk2 #16

1. Opened in December 1958, England’s first motorway was constructed primarily to provide a bypass for which city? 

2. The word “Caprine” is used to describe which type of animal?

3. In the UK, the annual count of which creature is called “Upping”? 

4. Which musician would you hear playing a “pibroch”?

5. What connects all four answers above?

6. According to the Bible, Cain was banished to the land of Nod, which is to the east of where?

7. What name is given to a female hedgehog?

8. Who co-wrote “Do they know it’s Christmas?” with Bob Geldof?

9. Which pop star, who with his group had a 1968 No.1 hit with “The legend of Xanadu” was the first policeman at the fatal car-crash of Eddie Cochran? 

10. What connects all four answers above?

Connections Mk2 #17

1. Cornish Yarg is a type of what?

2. Which famous English comedian’s real name is Robert Davis? 

3. The world’s tallest uninterrupted waterfall was discovered in 1937 in Venezuela and given the surname of the US gold prospector who found them, what was it?

4. Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in which Italian city?

5. What connects all four answers above?

6. In sailing, which manoeuvre is used to change the direction of a sailboat heading upwind or at an angle to the wind?

7. Which part of a house can be described as “Mansard”?

8. Sabre, Epee and which other sword are used in fencing?

9. Who was the Greek god of the woods, shepherds and wild music? 

10. What connects all four answers above?

Connections Mk2 #18

1. A “Gadwall” is a species of which bird?

2. According to the song, what killed the radio star?

3. On a film or television set, what name is given to the person responsible for the electrical and lighting equipment? 

4. A “Silverback” is an adult male of which animal?

5. What connects all four answers above?

6. Which former TV star, famous for fronting satirical shows, had the middle name “Paradine”?

7. Which controversial piano-playing rock ‘n’ roll pioneer died aged 87 in 2022?

8. Who wrote the classic “Charge of the Light Brigade”? 

9. In 1977, who became the 39th President of the USA?

10. What connects all four answers above? 

Connections Mk2 #19

1. The 1986 headline “Freddie Starr ate my hamster” featured in which newspaper? 

2. The Tynwald is the parliament of which island? 

3. An alternative name for the vole is a “water” ….? 

4. An archaic term for handcuffing or chaining up someone is to “……. them in irons”? 

5. What is the connection for all four questions above?

6. On which part of the body would a chaplet be worn?

7. Alternatively known as “The London Charivari”, which famous magazine ceased production in 2002 after 161 years of publication?

8. In snooker, striking the cue ball off-centre to create swerve is known as applying?

9. According to the Bible, man “cannot live by “……” alone?

10. What connects all four questions above?

Connections Mk2 #20

1. In which mid-70s TV comedy was Rupert Rigsby the central character? 

2. Patricia Routledge starred in the ‘90s TV comedy “Keeping up appearances” – what was her character’s surname? 

3. In the comedy TV series “Not going out” who played Lee Mack’s father? 

4. Which tongue in cheek late ‘70s US TV import featured cousins Bo and Luke and their car “General Lee”?

5. What connects all four answers above?

6. In the late 17th century, in which Massachusetts town were a series of witch trials held that resulted in 20 executions? 

7. Which US state was named in honour of Elizabeth I?

8. Who became the 45th President of the USA? 

9. Which is the largest city in the state of Oregon? 

10. What links all four answers above?

Connections Mk2 #21

1. In 1968, Johnny Cash recorded a popular live album – what was peculiar about where he recorded it? 

2. Which famous musician married Nancy Shevell in 2011? 

3. Housey-Housey is an old name for which modern popular pastime? 

4. What was the nickname of the jazz musician Charlie Parker 

5. What connects all four answers above?

6. What was destroyed by fire in Hong Kong harbour in 1972?

7. Which 1995 Mel Gibson film was nominated for 10 Oscars and won five? 

8. Which UK structure was dismantled in 1971 and shipped to the USA where it was rebuilt?

9. Which Shakespearean character has three daughters? 

10. What connects all four answers above?

Connections Mk2 #22

1. What can be right, obtuse or reflex?

2. What name is given to water in its gaseous form?

3. In the children’s TV programme, what was the name of Captain Pugwash’s ship?

4. Which word can mean to throw away or get rid of?

5. What connects all four answers above?

6. The lead singer with the Coventry group The Specials and a popular ‘60s ventriloquist shared what name? 

7. Which comedy writer, actor and comedian who wrote for, amongst others, Tony Hancock, died aged 87 in 2022? 

8. Which 1987 film featured the famous line “Greed is good”? 

9. Paul Weller initially found fame as lead singer with the Jam then went on to front which other leading group? 

10. What connects all four answers above? 

Connections Mk2 #23

1. John Wayne won his only Oscar for his portrayal of which character? 

2. Which London-born singer had 2 UK No.1 hits in the 1990s with “Rise” and “Dreams”?

3. The villain in the Bond film “Thunderball” was named Emilio …what?

4. Ernest Penfold is a close friend of which Children’s TV character?

5. What connects all four answers above?

6. Barbra Streisand played an upcoming songstress and Kris Kristofferson a cynical has-been rock singer in which 1976 film?

7. Fill in the blank - Madness had a UK No.1 in 1982 with the song “…… of fun”

8. .454 of a kilo is equal to which Imperial measure?

9. “Cheyenne”, TV’s first hour-long Western, ran from 1955 to 1962 with over 100 episodes – the main character, Cheyenne Bodie, was played by Clint ….who?

10. What connects all four answers above?

Connections Mk2 #24 

1. Who played the time-travelling Gary Sparrow in the TV sitcom “Goodnight Sweetheart”?

2. Who won Oscars for Best Director for the films “Platoon” and “Born on the 4th of July”? 

3. Who played the title role in the 2009/2010 remake of “The rise and fall of Reginald Perrin”?

4. Which US actor/singer, one of the two characters in a popular TV crime series from 1975 to 1979, died aged 80 in London in January 2024?

5. What connects all four answers above? 

6. Following tradition since 1949, what special “prize” is awarded to the winner of the US Masters Golf Tournament?

7. Which 2000 film was based on the true story of the fate of the Massachusetts based fishing boat Andrea Gail?

8. Where in the UK can you visit the original 17th century bakery and buy a “Sally Lunn” bun?

9. According to the saying, “The ……. “what” is in the detail”?

10. What links all four answers above?

Connections Mk2 #25

1. In the 2018 film, what kind of girls were Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Pfeiffer, Meryl Streep and Rhea Perlman? 

2. In India, what is a “tandoor”?

3. Vulpes vulpes is the Latin name for which familiar UK predator?

4. In 1989, an 80 year-old won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her title role in which film?

5. What connects all four answers above?

6. Due to his ongoing illness, which actor had minimum dialogue in his cameo role in the latest “Top Gun” movie? 

7. Who played the title role in the 1988 film “Beetlejuice”? 

8. Which famous US actor has a younger brother, also an actor, named Casey? 

9. Who played the part of Civil War veteran Dan Evans in the 2007 remake of the western movie “3.10 to Yuma”?

10. What connects all 4 answers above?

Connections Mk2 # 26

1. Known as “Lackland”, which King ruled England from 1199 to 1216?

2. What is a common name for the Iris flower?

3. Her dislike of what was the reason teenager Brenda Spencer gave for shooting and killing 2 children and hurting 9 others in a shooting in California in 1979?

4. Christened Charles Edward, what was the surname of the songwriter/singer, a rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, who died on 18th March 2017 aged 90?

5. What connects all 4 answers above?

6. Complete the line from the song from “Treasure Island” – “15 men on a dead man’s  ----"? 

7. What can be part of a table, tree or book?

8. What name is given to the person who carries a professional golfer’s clubs and offers appropriate advice? 

9. The name of which edible item comes from the French for “twice cooked”? 

10. What connects all 4 answers above?

Connections Mk2 #27

1. A snap-brim is a feature of which clothing accessory?

2. What is the second part of the name of the only place in the UK to feature an exclamation mark? 

3. Frank Sinatra won his only Oscar for his role in the film “From ..….. to Eternity” – fill in the blank 

4. As a female juvenile, what does a “pullet” become as an adult? 

5. What connects all 4 answers above? 

6. Which famous 1941 film was the first to be produced by and to star Orson Welles?

7. What name is given to a person or organisation that contributes towards the costs of arranging or staging an event? 

8. Green, Tribbiani and Geller are the surnames of some of the characters in which popular TV sitcom? 

9. Which six letter word can be used to describe an arm or leg? 

10. What connects all 4 answers above? 

Connections Mk2 #28

1. Which US TV actor and singer, who had 2 UK No.1 hit singles, died aged 80 on January 4th 2024?

2. In 1962, who was replaced by Richard Starkey as drummer in a popular beat group?

3. Marc Almond first found fame as the vocalist with which ‘80s pop duo? 

4. Which current radio and TV presenter was once a member of the pop group Hear’Say?

5. What connects all 4 above?

6. Which part of your body would a chiromancer look at in order to predict your future? 

7. Florence Nightingale was known as “The lady with the ….” what? 

8. Which ground-breaking musical of the mid ’60s featured the songs “Aquarius” and “Good morning starshine”?

9. Used in the manufacture of floor mats, brushes etc, coir is natural fibre obtained from what? 

10. What connects all 4 above?

Connections Mk2 #29 

1. Jeff Lynn produced 11 hit albums for which 1970s super-group?

2. On TV, who was the first presenter of “A question of sport”?

3. Introduced in 1799, what was “A temporary aid in the prosecution of war” against France 

4. In 1996, John Travolta starred in a film playing a what called Michael? 

5. What connects all 4 above? 

6. In 1935, which ancient Middle East country adopted its present-day name? 

7. In the late 70s early 80s, which US group had UK hits with “Get down on it” and “Ladies night”?

8. World-famous, in which county is Eton College? 

9. According to rumour, on his 21st birthday in 1967, which manic pop star drove a Rolls Royce into a swimming pool? 

10. What connects all 4 above?

Connections Mk2 #30

1. Which actor, famous for his booming voice played the character Fancy Smith in ‘60s TV’s “Z Cars” and the father of Robin Hood in the 1991 film “Robin Hood, Prince of thieves”?

2. Which famous singer played the character “Alias” in the 1973 Sam Peckinpah film “Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid”?

3. Which famous woman, named after the city in which she was born, was the first woman to be awarded the Order of Merit? 

4. Who is the father of actress Lucy Davis?

5. What connects all 4 above?

6. A common fossil-fuel derivative that scientists are close to manufacturing from wood pellets or organic trash.

7. On what are the small pieces of meat in a kebab cooked? 

8. Which word meaning “rotate” was once commonly used for an individual act in a variety show?

9.  In Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings”, what type of creature is Radbug?

10. What connects all 4 above?